What Changed After October?
Firstly, the Bolsheviks were completely against the idea of private property. Most of the banks and industries were nationalized by November 1917, which means that the government took over the ownership and management of the same. The land was declared as social property and peasants were allowed to seize the land of the nobility. In the cities, Bolsheviks enforced the partition of large houses according to the requirements of the family. To assert these new changes, new uniforms were designed for the army and officials, following a clothing competition organized in 1918- when the Soviet hat was chosen to be.
The Bolsheviks Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party. In 1917 November, Bolsheviks conducted the elections for Constituent Assembly, but they failed to gain the support of the majority. In January 1918, the Assembly dismissed the Bolsheviks’ measures and Lenin dismissed the Assembly. In March 1918, despite opposition from political allies, the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany at Brest Litovsk. Years followed, the Bolsheviks became the only party to participate in elections to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which became the Parliament of the country. Russia became a one-party state.
The Trade unions were kept under party control. Secret Police punished those who criticized the Bolsheviks. Many of the young writers and artists rallied to the Party because it stood for socialism and for change. After October 1917, this led to experiments in the arts and architecture. Discouragement was felt because censorship was encouraged by Party.
What Changed After October?
Numerous changes were brought in by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October Revolution. The most important ones included, banks and industries that came to be nationalized; the land was declared as social property, thereby allowing peasants to seize the property from the nobility. In the urban areas, houses were partitioned according to the requirements of the family. Also, old aristocratic titles were banned and new uniforms were designed for the army and officials.